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Why stars appear to twinkle at night and planets do not twinkle?

Posted by Niranjana Niranjana 4 years, 4 months ago

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Shinjini Samanta 4 years, 4 months ago

Stars are present very far away from the earth. They are visible as point sources. The light rays which come from them, get refracted many times before they reach our eyes. Due to this, stars seem to be twinkling. Planets on the other hand, are located near to us, relatively to stars. So the refraction of light does not occur much and planets do not seem to twinkle.

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Simran Panwar 4 years, 4 months ago

Bcz stars hv their own light

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